Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme

The Irish Research Council has opened the 2016 call for the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme. The Terms and Conditions for the scheme are available for download at the bottom of this page.  

Applications (including Supervisor and Referee Forms) will only be accepted through the online application system. The online application system will open shortly. As an aid to preparing an application prior to the opening of the online application system, an indicative Word document version of the application form is provided below. Indicative Supervisor and Referee forms are also provided.

NOTE: once the online application system opens, online guide documents will be made available on this page for applicants, supervisors, referees and Research Offices.

Thinking about applying?

Please note that for reasons of transparency and fairness for all applicants, the Council will not enter into email, written or telephone correspondence with any individual applicant about the assessment process or their eligibility to apply. 

Applicants should review all available documentation on our website in order to answer any queries they may have. 

If you do not find the answer to your query in the available documentation, you should contact the Research Office (i.e. the office of the Vice-President/Dean of Research/Head of Development as applicable) in your proposed institution. The Research Office will be able to provide information and clarification on the call. Research Offices may send any queries they are unable to clarify to postgrad@research.ie with the subject ‘GOI Postgrad 2016 FAQ’. A set of FAQs will then be posted on this webpage below. 

All queries must be submitted through this FAQ process. 

Description of Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme offers scholarships for suitably qualified individuals to pursue a Research Masters or a PhD (either traditional or structured) in any discipline at an eligible HEI within Ireland. The Council does not fund taught Masters.

In addition, a number of targeted Scholarships are offered in collaboration with our strategic funding partners. Applicants may only apply for one Scholarship and should carefully consider which Scholarship to apply for. Full descriptions of each of the Strategic Funding Partner scholarships can be found in the Appendices of the Scheme Terms & Conditions.

Application process

Please see the Application Flowchart 2016 document below for a diagram of the application and assessment process.

Applications (including Supervisor and Referee Forms) will only be accepted through the online application system. The online application system will open shortly.

NOTE: once the online application system opens, guideline documents will be made available on this page for applicants, supervisors, referees and Research Offices.

As an aid to preparing an application prior to the opening of the online application system, an indicative Word document version of the application form is provided below. Indicative Supervisor and Referee forms are also provided. These forms are for information purposes: all applicants (and Supervisors and Referees) must register and submit their applications through the online system once open and in advance of the deadlines below.

Call documentation

	GOIPG 2016 Terms and Conditions
	Application and assessment flowchart 2016
	Eligible HEIs in Ireland 2016

Indicative word forms

	Indicative form for applicants
	Indicative form for supervisors
	Indicative form for referees

This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:

http://www.research.ie/scheme/government-ireland-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2016